ground squirrel

1. 1.

   small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches

   Synonymseastern chipmunkhackeestriped squirrelTamias striatus

   Broadersquirrel

   Part ofTamias
2. 2.

   any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops

   Synonymsgopherspermophile

   Broadersquirrel

   Narrowerantelope squirrelmantled ground squirrelsuslikflickertailrock squirrelArctic ground squirrel

   Part ofCitellus

Questions about ground squirrel

What does ground squirrel mean?

ground squirrel means "small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for ground squirrel?

Close synonyms include eastern chipmunk, hackee, striped squirrel, Tamias striatus, gopher. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ground squirrel a common word?

ground squirrel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.